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Windows 7: Is remote shutdown and turn on possible using W7's Remote Desktop?

Edit: I just read how to shutdown with Remote Desktop and I'm going to try that out. So, the only remaining questions are how can I remotely turn on a workstation on a lan? Can I do it at a pre-determined time? What about remotely shutting down the PC at a pre-determinded time? Thanks.

I'm not sure the task scheduler will bring you out of a shutdown or hibernate. I always assumed it wouldn't so never really tried it.

To do Wake on Lan, I use a product called "Wake on LAN" from Aquila Technology version 2.11.4 which works quite well. It's free, which is even more better. It has shutdown and wakeup options. Or you can use old DOS commands as well.

You can search the net for Wake on Lan and you will find a lot of information about how it has to be enabled in some BIOSes, and how it has to be enabled in your network card adapter's driver. You may have to add a jumper wire to your network card to power it's phy (physical layer chip) when the power's down (available in ATX power supplies).

Wake on Lan support is not automatic or in some cases easily accomplished. But with perserverence, you can do it. I did.

Once you are there, create a new 32-bit DWORD on the right-hand side, give it the name LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy and the value of 1. You don’t have to restart the computer to make the setting take effect.

This utility allows you to shut down, log off, or even put a computer into sleep mode. The problem is that it isn’t better than the built-in shutdown.exe utility, and was actually designed for Windows XP, so it’s recommended to use the built-in utility instead in most cases.The one option that PsShutdown provides that you can’t get otherwise is the switch (-d) to put the computer into sleep mode, which can be handy.

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